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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1946-01 09-05 AP Printer's Affida* f Publication. (This form complies with §§ 10935, 10936, M. M. S. 1927, as amended by L. 39, C. 128) *ate of c fNituteoota COUNTY OF � 1 , being duly sworn, on oath says; that he is and during all the times rein stated has been the l� publisher of the newspaper known as THE OSS O PRESS, and has full knowledge of the facts hereinafter stated; that for more than one year prior . to the publication therein the hereinafter described, said newspaper was printed and published in the VILLAGE of OSSEO, in the County of HENNEPIN, State of. Minnesota, on__ of each week; that during all said time said newspaper has been printed iff the English language from its known office of publication within the VILLAGE from which it purports to be issued as above stated in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in space to at least 450 running inches of single column, two inches wide; has been issued ONCE each week from a known office established in said place of publication and employing skilled workmen and equipped with the necessary material for preparing and printing the same and the presswork on that part of the newspaper devoted to local news of interest to the community which it purports to serve, was done in its known office of publication; that during all said time in its makeup not less than twenty -five per cent of its news columns have been devoted to local news of interest to the community it purports to serve; that during all said time it has not wholly duplicated any other publication, and has not been • entirely made up of patents, plate matter and advertisements; has been circulated in and near its said place of publication to the extent of at least two hundred and forty (240) copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers and has entry as second class matter in its local postoffice; and that there has been on file in the office of the County Auditor of Hennepin County, Minnesota, the affidavit of a person having knowledge of the facts, showing the name and location of said newspaper and the existence of the conditions constituting its qualifications as a legal newspaper. That the CLIPPING hereto attached was cut from the columns of said news- paper, and was prin and published therein in the English language, once each week, for -- /�-C'►4susse , that it wa first so published on the day of -- -_- 191 and-thereafter--en-- of each week to and me u iC �ng�hL _ — - - aay off' - 1 d ; ana thatthe following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composi- tion and publication of said notice, to -wit: abcdefghi jklmnopgrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this____PAZW.___ day of_ 19A. OSEPH C1-40e1 !U.RD. Notary Pu tic Notary ublic,_ Minn. Wa __.- _ ,_;r_tu ty:-- MirmesoCilu My commissial f.xpires May 17 1951L, 19 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1946 (d) Minor Alterations or Repairs. Every alteration or repair to any Nothing in this section shall pro- Upon the revocation of a permit structural part or portion of an exist- hibit the filing of amendments to an p Building ing building shall, when deemed nec- application or to a plan or other all fees shall be forfeited. It shall Code record accompanying be unlawful to commence or to ro- essary in the opinion of the Building the application teed with the construction or altera- Inspector, be made to conform to the at any time before the completion of cee for which a permit was issued requirements of this Code for new the work for which the permit was p buildings. Minor alterations, repairs sought. Such amendments, after ap- and subsequently was revoked or ex- and changes not covered by the pre- proval, shall be filed with and be pired until a new permit is issued of the ceding paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) deemed a part of the original appli- therefor. may be made with the same materials cation, and fees for such amendments Section 11. FEES. The Building I of which the building is constructed; shall be required upon the same basis Inspector, before issuing any permit Village of provided, that not more than twenty- as for the original permit. for the construction or alteration of five (25) per cent of the roof cover- Section 8. ISSUANCE OF PER- any building or structure, shall re- quire the a ing of any building shall be replaced i MITS. payment by the applicant in any period of twelve 12 months (a) In the case of for such permit of fees in the amount Brooklyn Center ( ) private dwell- hereinafter set forth and in the man- unless the entire roof covering is ing houses and in the case of tom- ner herein provided, to wit: made to conform with the require- mercial buildings or structures other (a) For any such permit for the ments of this Code for new buildings. than theaters, schools, churches, hos- building erection of annyy din Section 5. REQUIREMENTS CON- pitals, and other buildings of public other than commercial ny buil a or structure and industrial CERNING MAINTENANCE. The assemblage, and not exceeding two An Act 'regulating the erection, requirements contained in this Code stories in height, exclusive of attics, buildings and buildings of public as- construction, enlargement, alteration, covering the maintenance of build- the Building Inspector shall deter- semblage, or for the erection of any repair, moving, removal, demolition, ings shall apply to all buildings and mine from such plans and specifica- addition for similar occupancy to any conversion, occupancy, equipment, structures now existing or hereafter tions whether or not the provisions existing building, the fees so charged height, and maintenance of buildings erected. All buildings and structures of this Code the Zoning Ordinance shall; for each such building or addi- and structures in the Village of and all parts thereof shall be main- of the Village of Brooklyn Center, tion included in such permit, be based Brooklyn Center, Minnesota; provid- tained in a safe condition and all de- and all other laws or ordinances on the cubical contents of each build- ing for the issuance of permits and vices or safeguards which are required applicable thereto, will be complied ing or addition, and shall be at the collection of fees therefor; providing by this Code at the time of erection, with, and if satisfied of such corn- rate of 55c for each 1000 cubic feet, penalties for the violation thereof; re- alteration, or repair of any buildings pliance he shall thereupon issue such or fraction thereof, in such cubical pealing certain ordinances and parts shall be maintained in good working -permit upon the payment to him of contents. of ordinances in conflict therewith; order. the proper fee. (b) For any such permit for the and amending ordinance No. 23, 1940, This section shall not be construed (b) In the case of churches - erection of any commercial or indus- as amended by ordinance 1942. as permitting the removal or non- vate schools, hospitals, theaters,and trial buildings or buildings of public The Village. Council of Brooklyn maintenance of any existing device other buildings of public assemblage, assemblage, or for the erection of Center .do ordain that ordinance No. or safeguard unless authorized in industrial buildings, and other build- any addition for similar occupancy 23, 1940, as amended by ordinance writing by the Building Inspector. ing•s or structures not included under to any existing building, the fees 1942, be amended so as to read as Section 6. REQUIREMENT OF subdivision (a) of this section, the charged therefor shall be fixed in each follows: PERMIT. It shall be unlawful for Building Inspector shall submit such instance by the Village Council. Section 1. TITLE. This ordinance any person, firm, or corporation to plans and specifications to the Village (c) For any such permit for the shall be known as the "Building Code construct or alter any building or Council together with his recommen- repair or alteration to any existing of the Village of Brooklyn Center. dations; the Village Council shall building or structure the fee charged Section 2. PURPOSE. The purpose then determine whether Section 17 I for such permit shall be at the rate of this Code is to establish certain of this Code, the Zoning Ordinance of $1.50 for each $500.00, or fraction minimum standards and requirements - of the Village of Brooklyn Center,' thereof, in the cost of all proposed for safe and stable design, methods structure without first obtaining a and all other laws or ordinances appli- work included in said permit, pro- of construction, and use of materials permit therefor from the Building cable thereto, will be complied with vided, however, that no fee shall be in buildings and structures hereafter Inspector. I and if satisfied of such compliance charged for the issuance of such per- erected, constructed, enlarged, alter- For the purpose of this Code, the II shall thereupon direct the Building mit if the cost of all proposed work ed, repaired, moved, converted to construction of a building shall be, Inspector to issue such permit upon does not exceed $50.00, except that other uses, or demolished; to regulate considered as having commenced upon the payment to him of the proper fee, a minimum fee of $1.50 shall it the equipment, maintenance, and oc- the date when the excavation is start- (c) In either case when the charged for the issuance e a pef a cupancy of all buildings and strut- ed, or if there is no excavation, upon Building Inspector issues the permit, for any alteration or repair of a tures within the limits of the Village the date when the first work is per- he shall endorse in writing or stamp sewage disposal system regardless of of Brooklyn Center for the purpose formed upon either the foundation both sets of plans and specifications the cost of the proposed work. of promoting and safeguarding the or superstructure. "approved". One such approved set For the purpose of computing fees Public Health, Safety, Convenience, No building shall be moved until a of plans and specifications shall be' for building permits as above provid- Prosperity, and General Welfare in permit has been obtained from the retained by the Building Inspector ed, the cubical contents of any pro- said Village and for the protection Building Inspector; and he shall not as a public record, and one such ap- posed building or addition to an exist- of property from fire; and to pre- issue such permit if in his judg- proved set of plans and specifications ing building shall, in the case of a scribe the powers and duties of the ment the proposed new location of shall be returned to. the applicant, building or addition of approximately Building Inspector and the Special the building would seriously increase which set shall be kept on such build- uniform height throughout, be the Health Officer. the fire hazard of the surrounding ing or work at all times during which product obtained by multiplying the The provisions of this Code shall territory or be detrimental to sani- the work authorized thereby is in ground area covered by such building be deemed to supplement any and all tary conditions. progress and shall be open to inspec- or addition by the distance from a state laws of the State of Minnesota Construction hereafter performed tion by public officials. point six inches (6") below the floor relating to buildings. not in conformity with this ordinance Such approved plans and specifica- line of the basement or cellar, where Section 3. SCOPE. This Code shall shall be removed. tions shall not be changed, modified, there is to be a basement or cellar, apply to all buildings and structures Section 7. APPLICATION FOR or altered without authorization from to the average height of the upper hereafter constructed or altered in the PERMIT. Any person desiring a per- the Building Inspector, and all work surface of a flat roof or to the aver- Village of Brooklyn Center except ac- mit as required by this Code shall file shall be done in accordance there- age height of the roof surface of the cessory farm buildings such as barns, with the Building Inspector an appli- with. main gable of a pitched roof. In case implement sheds, storage buildings, cation therefor in writing on a blank Section 9. REQUIREMENTS CON-1 of any proposed building- or addition animal shelters, and silos, provided, form to be furnished for that purpose. CERNING NOTICE TO THE BUILD- to an existing- building-, portions of however, that permits for such acces- Every such application for a permit ING INSPECTOR. It shall be the I which are of differing heights, its sory farm buildings shall be required. shall describe the land upon which I duty of any person, firm or corpora- cubical contents shall be taken as For the purposes of this Code a the proposed building or work is to tion to whom a permit is issued for' the sum of cubical contents, similarly farm is defined as a plot of ground be done, either by lot, block or tract the construction of any building or determined, of said differing portions, not less than five (5) acres in area or similar description that will readily structure, as required by this ordin- computed separately. from which the owner, occupant, or identify the site and definitely locate ante, to notify the Building Inspector If any construction, alteration or lessee derives all or a substantial part the proposed building or work. The immediately upon completion of work repair is commenced without a permit of his income by agricultural pursuits. Building Inspector may at his option on the first floor joists and again therefor having been obtained pur- Any conversion, enlargement, par- require a survey of the lot upon which when the building is ready for lathing I suant to this ordinance, the fee for tial demolition, or repair of any build- the proposed building or work is to such permit shall be doubled. - ing or structure, or any part thereof be done, which survey shall be pre- or other wall finishing. It shall be Section 12. SPECIFICATIONS. including the sewage disposal system, pared and attested by a registered unlawful for any person, firm, or All private dwelling houses, and all shall be deemed to be an alteration surveyor; said survey shall indicate corporation to cover said first floor commercial buildings or structures subject to the provisions of this Code. the dimensions of the property, and joists or to commence lathing or other other than theaters, schools, churches, Section 4. APPLICATION TO EX- shall definitely establish the location wall finishing until said construction hospitals and other buildings of.publie ISTING BUILDINGS. The following of all buildings on the property, if is inspected and approved by the assemblage, and not exceeding two specified requirements shall apply to any, and all lot lines by means of Building Inspector,provided,however, stories in height, excluding attics, existing buildings which do not con- iron monuments firmly embedded in that if said inspection is not made hereafter constructed or altered, shall form to the requirements of this Code the ground, or otherwise, as the within twenty-four (24) hours after conform to the specifications in this for new buildings: Building Inspector may require. notice is received by the Building In- section set forth: (a) Major Alterations or Repairs. Every such application shall show spector, construction may be contin- (a) Footings. All foundation and If alterations or repairs in excess of the proposed use or occupancy of all ued according to the plans and speci- basement walls shall have footings fifty (50) per cent of the sound value parts of the building and such other fications submitted and approved. at least one and one-half (11/2) times of an existing building are required reasonable information as may be Section 10. REVOCATION AND the thickness of such foundation walls in an existing building or made to an required by the Building Inspector. EXPIRATION OF PERMITS. Should and basement walls in width and at existing building at any one time plans and specifications shall be the Building Inspector find that the least six inches (6") in depth. within a period of twelve months, the drawn to scale upon substantial paper construction or alteration for which (b) Foundations and W a ti s. entire building shall be made to con- or cloth, or they may be blue prints a permit was issued is not proceeding Walls,party walls s exterior, foundation form with the requirements of this or other prints, and the essential accordin • to the plans and s ecifica and party walls shall k es least twelve Code for new buildings or shall be g p p inches (12") in thickness below the parts shall be drawn to a scale of tions submitted to him, he shall give first story '• g, provided, entirely demolished. not less than one-eighth inch (1/8") written notice to the person to whom Y of an buildin b) Changed Use. If the existing however, that foundation walls in less ( g g to one foot and said plans and speci- such permit was granted, or the per- vote dwelling use or occupancy of an existing build- fications shall be accurate and suffic- son in charge of such construction or that twelve inchese( 2") be made less ing is changed to a use or occupancy ientl complete to set forth and de- alteration of such findin • and of the (tha in thickness which would not be permitted in a Y p g but in no case less than eight inches scribe the intended physical improve- particulars in which such plans and (g") in thickness if strengthened bye similar building hereafter erected, the ments and the quality, sizes and specifications are not being complied buttresses or entire building shall be made to con- grade of material and workmanship to with, whereupon such construction or teen inches by not less than e sl form with the requirements given be incorporated in the improvements, alteration shall be made to conform (16"x16") tied in at least everyhten herein for new buildings; provided, including: to said plans and specifications. If, feet however, that if the use or occupancy 1. Floor plans, also containin •base- after such notice, the corrections are (10 ). The remaining upper por-! to only a portion or portions of an ment or foundation plans; not made to make such construction tion shall be i least eight inches (8")e existing building is changed and such p in thickness in buildings ea no more g g, g 2. Exterior elevations of the front or alteration conform to such plans, than one story portion or portions are segregated rear, and sides showing open- and specifications, the Building In- Y and at least twelve as specified in this Code then only g p p g inches (12") in thickness in buildings ings and sizes, wall finishes, spector shall revoke such permit by a such portion or portions of the build- flashing, present and finish written notice to be given to the ing need be made to comply with said grades, depths of footings, fin- person to whom such permit was. requirements. ished floors and ceiling heights. granted, or to the person in charge (c) Additions. Any existing All plans shall bear the name of of such construction or alteration. -building not regulated by the preced- the owner, architect, structural en- If the construction or alteration ing paragraphs (a) and (b) which gineer, or designer. for which a permit was issued is not• has its floor area or its number of Copies of plans and specifications) commenced within six (6) months stories or height increased, or its use and a plot plan as required by the after the date of issuance of such, or occupancy changed in any way 'Building Inspector shall accompany permit, such permit shall expire and from its former or existing use or oc- every application for a permit and I be of no effect. If the construction cupancy, shall be provided with stair- 'shall be filed in duplicate with the i or alteration of a building or struc- ways, emergency exits or fire pro- Building Inspector; provided, how- ture is commence] and is in actual tection facilities as specified in this ever, that the Buildin • Inspector may Code for buildings hereafter erected c p y I progress within six (is months after authorize the issuance of a permit the permit therefor is issued but is for similar use or occupancy. without such plans, specifications, or not completed within a year after the plot plan for limited or unimportant I date of such issuance,the permit shall work. expire at the end of the year's period. Buildings or structures having ex- terior walls made up of building paper or unpainted wood shall not be con- sidered as completed within the mean- ing of this Code. of two or, more stories. IMasonary di- (f) Windows and Ventilation. The vision walls shall be ntot less than dotal glass area of required windows The walls of brick buildings, or of eight inches (8") in tfluckness. tile buildings not over 2% stories Concrete exterior, fouindation and n any habitable room shall not be less high, may form a part of the chimney, than ten per cent (10%) of the floor - p party (8ls shall be at ss lbelowet e area of the room; one half.(1/2) of be securely bonded into walls shall of (P) Lathing and Plastering. All the area of the windows opening upon Y plastering shall be at least three- first story of any building. The re- an open porch may be used in fi ur- the building, No wall less than twelve eighths of an inch (3/8") in thick- mainin upper 'portion shall be at g inches (12') thick shall be used to Hess. All angles shall be stripped with g PP ing the required glass in the room support a corbeled chimney. Such metal lath and all exterior angles leas£.six inches more t thickness in in which they occur. to be g project more than shall have metal corner beads. All buildings of not more than one story The. total area of ventilating por- corbelin shall not and at least eight inches (8") in The of required windows in any wall,n and in allf cases htheaco corbeling twenty-four ll be at least thickness in buildings of two or more habitable room,shall be not less than stories. Concrete division walls shall four per cent (4%) of the floor area shall consist k. o least five (5) (q) Heating Installations. A11 be not less than six inches (6' ) in of the room except where mechanical courses of brick. No chimney shall be gas and oil furnaces shall be equipped thickness. air change.is provided. corbeled from a hollow tile wall. with approved safety devices. Rubble stone walls shall be four Bathrooms and water closet com- Chimneys shall be built upon concrete Section 13. PLUMBING R E_ inches (4") thicker than masonary or masonary foundations properly partments shall be provided with ven- P Y QUIREMENTS. The "Minnesota walls. No such walls shall exceed tilation by either a window or win- Proportioned to carry the weight im- Plumbing Code" as adopted by the twenty-five feet (25') in length un dows in an exterior wall facing a Posed without danger of settlement M.innecota State Board of Health on less properly braced by cross walls, street, alley, yard, or outer court; a or cracking. Foundations shall be at July 20, 1937, and as amended on piers or buttresses. least twelve inches (12') wider than. May skylight or skylights, the construction Y 9, 1939, is hereby adopted and No masonary wall shall have a of which provides ventilation to the the chimney on all sides. They shat- shall be in full force and effect in height between horizontal lateral sup- outside air; a connection to a vent, star b an exterior chimney shall the Village of Brooklyn Center in- ports of more than fifteen (15) times shaft or duct extending to and open- start below the frost line. Chimneys sofar as applicable to plumbing and is thickness. No concrete wall shall ing above the roof; or a mechanical in frame buildings shall always be building construction therein. All have a height between horizontal means of air exchange.. built from the ground up or rest work done hereafter in said Village lateral supports of more than twenty- (g), Privacy. Each door opening upon basement walls. shall be done in accordance with the t9Z) times its thickness. which permits entrance to a bedroom Chimneys shall not rest upon wood- provisions of said Code. Three copies All exterior and division or party or bathroom or toilet compartment en floors, beams or brackets, or be of said Code as aforesaid shall be walls over one story high shall extend shall be provided with a door. Access hung from wooden rafters. Iron brat- filed by the clerk in his office for the full thickness of top story to at from a bedroom to an only bathroom kets or stirrups attached to wooden inspection and use of the public and least two feet (2') above the roof or water closet compartment shall not construction shall not be used to sup- shall be marked by the clerk with the surfacing of a building as a parapet be solely through another room. Port chimneys. ha wooden beams, words "Village of Brooklyn Center— and shall be properly coped with joists, or rafters shall be laced within Official Copy." (h) Plumbing Fixtures. Each P stone, brick, metal or other material living unit shall be provided with the two.inches (2") of the outside face Section 14. ELECTRICAL I N- which will resist the weather and cor- of a chimney,whether it be for smoke, STALLATION REQUIREMENTS. rosion, excepting walls which face on air or for any other purpose. No All electrical wiring, apparatus, or ap- the street and are finished with incom- following plumbing fixtures, as a min- woodwork shall be placed within four pliances for furnishing light, heat, or bustible cornices, gutters, or crown imum requirement: inches (4") of the back wall of any power shall be installed in strict con- moldings, and excepting also the walls (1) A kitchen sink, properly loca- fireplace. All spaces between chimneys formity with the statutes of the State of detached dwellings with peaked or ted to facilitate food preparation, and wooden joists and beams shall of Minnesota, and in conformity with hipped roofs. cooking, and dishwashing. be filled with loose cinders, loose approved methods of construction for The mortar used for all walls de- mortar refuse, gypsum block or other safety to life and (2) A water closet, located either Y property. scribed in this section shall be com- in the bathroom or in a separate Porous incombustible material. Section 15. WATER SUPPLY RE- posed of not less than one (1) part toilet compartment. Chimneys shall be built at least Portland cement to four (4) parts P three feet (3') above flat roofs, and QUIREMENTS. The type, c hall e (3) A bathtub or shower, located tnon and location of wells shall be of sand by volume. The concrete used in a bathroom or other equivalently two feet (2') above the ridges of in accordance with the recommenda- for poured concrete foundations or ventilated space. Peaked roofs and shall be properly tions of the Minnesota State Board walls shall contain not less than one (4) A lavatory readily accessible capped with terracotta, stone, cast of Health as outlined in their"Manual (1) part cement to three (3) parts to all rooms. i iron or other approved material. of Water Supply Sanitation", Section . and and five (5) parts rock. Each of the plumbing fixtures shall All gas furnace installations shall V issued in 1945 and Section VII (c) Joists. All dwellings here be premanently installed and connect- be provided with a six inch (6") drop issued in 1941, revised 1946, which after erected shall have first-floor ed to a water supply and sewage dis- for condensations and a cap for emp- recommendations are hereby adopted tying the same. joists of at least two inches by eight posal system. and shall be in full force and effect inches (2"x8") for a twelve foot (k) Smoke Pipes. No smoke pipes in the Village of Brooklyn Center (i) Roofs. Roofs of all dwellings shall be within twelve inches (12") g Y (12') maximum span, two inches by and all buildin s not exceedin three insofar as applicable to water supply g g of any woodwork or any wooden lath en inches (2"x10") for a sixteen (3) stories or thirty-five (35') in or plaster partition, or ceiling unless and building. construction therein. foot (161) maximum span, and two height, or 3,500 square feet in area All work done hereafter in said Vill- q surface above the pipe be protected inches by twelve inches (2"x12") for and not used for factories ware- age shall be done in accordance with g ( ) P houses or mercantile purposes, ma by metal lath and plaster. can eighteen foot 18' maximums an. p P ' � the provisions of said recommenda- Second-floor Y Where smoke pipes pass through a joists shall be at least be covered with composition shingles wooden lath and plaster partition,they shall Three copies le said Manual two inches by six inches (2"x6") for or ready roofings of a grade ranking shall be filed by the clerk in his office a ten foot 10' maximum s an two g shall be guarded by galvanized iron for inspection and use of the public ( ) „P not lower than Underwriters' ed built ventilated thimbles at least twelve and shall be marked by the clerk with inches by eight inches (2"x8") for tories Class C, or with approved built inches (12") larger in diameter than „ It fourteen foot (14') maximum span, up roofing, or with vertical or ed c the words Village of Brooklyn Cen- a.nd two inches by ten inches (2"x10',') grain wood shingles or asbestos edge the pipes, n t galvanized iron thin- ter—Official Copy". g tiles built in at least eight inches (8 ) for a sixteen foot 16' maximum All dwellings hereafter constructed ( ) slate. Composition shingles or .ready of brick work or other incombustible in platted span. roofing shall be laid so that there P property must be supplied Rafters and studdings in exterior is not less than two thicknesses at any with deep wells. Nvalls shall be two inches by four point. Approved rolled roofing if and' material. Section 16. SEWAGE DISPOSAL inches (2"x4") or better. All fram- when used to be laid in accordance No smoke pipe shall SYSTEM. In all cases where public in including p p pass through g g joists, studdings, and with manufacturer's recommenda- any floor, or a roof having wooden sewer lines lie within the Village roof rafters shall not be greater than tions. The thickness of five wood framework or covering. limits, connections shall w made sixteen inches (16") apart from cen- shingles measured at the butt shall be (1) Stairways. No stair tread thereto. All underground sewage dis- ter to center, provided that such not less than two inches 2" tank systems shall consist le aseptic joints rafters, and studdin •s used in ( ) (Ameri- shall be less than eight inches (8") tank and a cess pool or a the disposal g can Lumber Standard); the maximum wide, and no stair riser more than field. The septic tank shall in all the construction of private garages exposure of wood shingles to the seven and three-fourths inches (73/4") cases be installed between the build- and outbuildings shall lie not more weather shall be: high. There shall be no more than ing to be drained and the cess pool than twenty-four inches (24") apart eighteen (18) risers in one run. Win- or the tile disposal field. The effluent from center to center. On roofs ders shall be permitted in single (d) Ceiling Heights. The mini- greater 16 inch shingles 5" from a septic tank shall not be dis- nmin ceilin • height in an room shall than one- 18 inch shingles 51/z" dwellings only, but not more than charged into a stream, open ditch, } g g Y 24 inch shin les 71z" three (3) risers shall converge within lake, or storm drain. Le seven and a half feet (71/z') ex- third pitch g the width of one standard tread and The type, construction, and location cepting within rooms having sloping the width of tapered treads shall aver- of the septic tank and cess pool or_. ,ilings where the minimum shall be On roofs with ag•e not less than eight inches (8"). seven and a half feet (7%') for not less than one- g the disposal field shall be in accord- seven f the ( ) 16 inch shingles 4" Treads shall be not less than thirty ante with the recommendations of the less than fifty per cent (50%) of the third pitch g inches (30") in width in single dwell- floor area. but not less 18 inch shingles 41, " g Minnesota State Board of Health as 24 inch shingles 61 ings and not less than forty-two inches outlined in their bulletin "Residential (e) Space Requirements. Each than one g (42") in width in mpltiple dwellings Sewage Disposal Systems" issued in living unit shall provide not less than quarter. and commercial buildings. Stairways 1945, which recommendations are bathroom) habitable rooms habitable g shall in multiple dwellings and commercial hereby adopted and shall be in full .Roofs of all other buildings buildings shall have at least one rail- room shall be designed for living use be covered with hard incombustible ing., force and effect in the Village of and shall have a floor area of not less materials of standard quality, such In all buildings hereafter erected Brooklyn Center insofar as applicable as brick concrete the slate metal g to sewage disposal and building con- than one hundred and fifty square ' which are used above the first floor struction therein. All work done here- , feet (150 sq. '). This room, referred or asbestos cement shingles or built for business purposes, the stair shafts to as the "Livin • Room," may have a up roofing with gravel, slag or other P P after in said Village shall be done in incombustible surface or other roof- shall be separately and continuously accordance with the provisions of said floor area of less than one hundred enclosed by incombustible partitions. and fifty square feet (150 sq. ') pro- ings of like grade ranking not lower The partitions shall be constructed of recommendations. Three copies of said than Underwriters' Laboratories Class P bulletin shall be filed by the clerk in vided that it is connected with an- brick or other fire-resistive material his office for inspection and use of other room or rooms by an opening B. A double thickness layer of ap, approved by the Building Inspector. the office and shall ti marked b roved felt weighing not less than p y the or openings having a total width of P g g No such partition shall be less than clerk with the words "Village of not less than fifty per cent (50%) thirty (30) pounds per square, 'shall four inches (4") thick. Brooklyn Center—Official Copy". of the total width of the common wall be placed between metal roofing and (m) Exits. In all buildings here- or walls in which the opening or open- roof deck. after erected which are used above tic tank or PAG FOUR sewage al ings occur (the width.of each opening All roof coverings shall be- firmly the first floor for business purposes CONTINUED shall in no case be less than five feet secured to the roof deck with non- there shall be at least two (2) means (5') ). and the total of the floor areas corrodible and rust-resistive nails or materials according to standard of egress from the second floor remote of all the rooms so connected is not g prat- from each other, one of which shall n v� tice. y, provided less tha two hundred and twenty be an enclosed stairway as sc uare feet 220 s (j) Chimneys. The walls of chim- 1 ( q. ), and that all in subdivision (1) of this section. g•es ne s used for stoves ran fire- (n) Fire Stops. At each floor of the rooms so connected be consid- Y , ered together as the "Living Room." Places,heating furnaces or other heat- level in all buildings hereafter erect- Each of the other habitable rooms ing appliances, whether the fuel used ed, all stud walls, partitions, furring be wood, coal, oil or gas, shall be shall have a floor area of not less than and spaces between joists where they ninety square feet 90 s P built of brick, concrete, stone or hol- partitions Y q ( q. ') except rest on division walls or that a kitchen may have a floor area low tile of such thickness and con- shall be fire,,-stopped with inconnbus- of not less than sixty square feet struction as is hereafter specified. All Y q tible material in a manner to com- (60 sq. '). chimneys, irrespective of which ma- pletely cut off communications by fire No habitable room except a kitchen terials the walls are built, shall be through concealed spaces. Stair car- shall be in any part less than seven lined with fire clay flue lining or with riages shall be fire-stopped at least feet (7') wide. fire brick. The lining shall be made once in the middle portion of each Where facilities for the storage or for the purpose and adapted to with- run. preparation,of food are located in a stand the temperature and the result- (o) Floor and Roof Loads. The room other than a kitchen, the area ant gases from burning fuel. dead load in all buildings shall con- of such rooms shall be increased be- Solid brick or concrete chimney sist of the actual weight of walls, yond the above stated minimum re- walls shall be not less than four floors, roofs, partitions, and all per- quirements by an area equal to that inches (4") thick, exclusive of flue manent construction. The live or vari- occupied by such facilities. linings. A standard size brick laid able load shall consist of all loads The floor area covered by halls, flatwise shall be deemed to fulfill this other than dead loads. Each and every closets, and stairways shall be exclud- requirement for brick. Stone and hol- floor and roof shall be of sufficient ed in determining the minimum space low tile chimneys shall be at least strength in all its parts to bear safely 4" requirements for living units. for inches ondin thicker than required upon every square foot of its surface or corres The bathroom shall be of adequate P g brick chimneys, and live loads as follows: size and shall be properly planned to shall have flue linings of not less than Dwelling Houses 50 pounds accommodate a water closet, unless eight inches by eight inches (8"x8"), Commercial Buildings, in a separate compartment, lavatory, the same as for brick chimneys, pro- first floor lop and either a tub or shower. vided, however, that a six inch (6") Commercial Buildings,and hub tile may be installed as a flue second floor 75 lining in chimneys used exclusively Roofs pounds for gas furnaces. Hollow tile may be 50 Hounds. used only where the chimney is part of an exterior tile wall. re%vc. rva�ae Building Code of the Section 20. APPOINTMENT, DUTIES,AND COMPENSATION OF Villa a of BUILDING INSPECTOR. The Build- l Cate or permit issued thereunder,shall ing Inspector shall be appointed by the Council annually in January and severally for each and every such ve- . - lation'and non-compliance respective- Brooklyn Centex` shall hold office until his successor ly be guilty of a misdemeanor, and is appointed and qualified. He shall upon conviction thereof, be fined not CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE be a man who is acquainted with to exceed One Hundred Dollars building materials and the building industry and is hereby authorized and ($100.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed ninety (90) days. P system shall be covered until inspected empowered to inspect the construe- The imposition of one penalty for any approved by the special health building and a ull alteration, or moving ding or structure during the pro- any violation of this ordinance shall not officer. gress of such construction, alteration, excuse the violation, or permit it to . Section 17.-.SAFETY IN DESIGN continue; and all such persons shall AND CONSTRUCTION. All arts of or moving, as well as upon the con- be required to correct or remedy such P pletion thereof, for purposes of deter- every building shall be so designed mining whether or not the plans and violations or defects within otherwise ea- and constructed,as to safely carry the specificat�iona on file in his office are able time and loads to be imposed thereon and to being or have been complied with. specified, each ten (10) days that be reasonably free from the dan er prohibited conditions are maintained g or shalt interpret and enforce this shall constitute a separate offense. shall fire. Sound and proper materials ordinance and report monthly to the The application of the penalty shall be ea ft r all buildings or strut- Council on permits issued during the above shall not be held to prevent the all hereafter constructed or altered; pervious month and on all matters enforced removal or correction of all work thereon shall be performed ppertaining to building construction. prohibited conditions. in a workmanlike manner, and the It shall be the duty of the Building The owner of a building, structure, materials and construction shall in all Inspector to inspect all construction or premises where anything vie-, u other respects conform to good en- within twenty-four hours after receiv- gineering practice. b lation of this ordinance shall be ing notice that the building is ready Section 18. CORRECTION O F for inspection as set forth'in Section P laced or shall exist, and an architect, UNSAFE CONDITIONS. Whenever 9 of this Code and report on the re- builder, contractor, agent, person, or any building or structure is found to suits of said inspection to the Council. corporation employed in connection be in a condition dangerous to its He shall be compensated by fees. therewith who may have assisted in . occupants or to any other person or The fees to be the commission of such violation,shall 0 P psi to him shall be each be guilty of a separate offense to adjacent property, h B it unsafe determined by the Council at the first and upon conviction thereof shall be for its intended use, the Building In- meeting in January of each year. All spector shall have authority to notify moneys collected for. fees for build- punished as herein provided. in writing the owner, agent or person in ermita shall be aid into the Any and all persons found guilty in charge thereof, requiring such village treasury as received. Once of violating any provision of this or changes or removal to be made as each month after auditing hese fees dinance shall not be entitled to re- may be necessary to correct the con- thus'received, the Council direct ceive a further building'permit unless, dition described, and he shall state a a warrant to be drawn in favor of after a hearing, the said Village time limit for its correction. He may the said inspector covering the fees Council shall approve such issuance, also place at the principal entrance of earned since the last previous settle- i and the Council may condition its such structure a notice stating that ment, within the limits previously set approval upon the applicant deposit- it is in a dangerous condition and has by the Council. ing with the clerk a bond in the penal been condemned by him; and it shall Section 21. APPOINTMENT, sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($600.), be unlawful for any person to remove DUTIES, AND COMPENSATION OF conditioned that he will comply with" such notice without his written per- the regulations imposed by this ordin- mission. , SPECIAL HEALTH OFFICER. A If the owner or person in charge Special Health Officer may be ap- pointed ante. by the Council annually m of such building or structure, when January and he shall hold office for notified, shall fail to place the same in a safe condition on to adopt such such term as may be fixed by the is emergency measures as shall have age Council. He shall be a man who o is Section 24. CONFLICTING OR- been directed within the time s eci- acquainted with the laws, materials, All ordR- fied, it shall be unlawful thereafter P and workmanship required for proper DINANCES REPEALED here- for antes or parts thereof in conflict for any person, firm or corporation with are hereby repealed' and modr to occupy or use said building or fled insofar as such conflict cannot be structure until it has been rendered reconciled; provided, that if there is safe. installation of wells 1 any conflict between this ordinance Whenever any building or structure , Plumbing and and the Zoning Ordinance of the is being moved, constructed or de- sewage disposal facilities. He is hereby Village of Brooklyn Center, this or- molished in such manner as to endan- authorized and required to make in- dinance shall yield to the provisions ger life or property, the Building In- spections of all work performed on of the Zoning Ordinance. spector may order such work discon- wells, plumbing, and sewage disposal Section 25. SEPARABILITY tinued, and it shall not be resumed facilities during the,progress of such Each and every part of this ordinance until he is satisfied that adequate work, as well as upon the completion thereof, for purposes of ascertaining is declared to be separate and inde- measurea have been taken for safety. whether or not the provisions of this Pendent of every other part. If any Section 19. . REQUIREMENT OF Code are being complied with; to in- Part hereof c declared state,that CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY OR terpret and enforce the requirements fact al the courts of this state, that CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE. of this Code respecting the installa- fact shall not affect any other part. Upon the completion of any building tion of wells, plumbing, and sewage Section 26. DATE take -EFFECT. or structure intended for human oc- disposal facilities; and to re ort to This ordinance shall take effect and cupancy or habitation, and for which the Building Inspector concerning be in force from and after its pass- e permit has been issued, it shall be compliance with said requirments in age and legal publication. the duty of the Building Inspector tb order that said Building Inspector the by the:Council this 14th day examine such building or structure to may determine whether or not a Cer- of August, 1946. I, ascertain whether or not the provis- tificate of Occupancy or Compliance M. F. LANE, ions of this Code and the Zoning r- may P Village President. g Y proprely be issued. He shall re- (SEAL) dinance of Brooklyn Center have been ceive such compensation as may be complied with. If and when he so determined by the Village Council. ATTEST: finds, he shall issue to the owner a I Paul Weekly, Certificate of Occupancy, which shall Section 22. APPEAL FROM RUC- Village Recorder. set forth: ING OF BUILDING INSPECTOR Published in The Osseo Press AND SPECIAL HEALTH OFFICER. Thursday, September 6, 1946. (a) The location of the premises. An appeal to the Village Council (b) The serial number and date may be taken on an ruling or de of the building permit under which Y the construction, improvements, or al- Special of the Building Inspector or . terations were made. Special Health Officer. Such appeal ( shall be in writing and shall state or improvement The nature of the structure the ruling appealed from and the s or alterations, reasons for the a Upon completion of an other PPeal. Pending the Y determination of the appeal, the rul= building or structure for which ing or decision of the Building Inapec- permit has been issued, it shall be the a for or Special Health Officer shall duty of said Inspector to examine such remain in full force. building or structure to ascertain whether or not the Section 23. PENALTY FOR VIO- Code and said ZoningrOrdinan e have CATIONS. Any and all persona who been complied with. If and when he shall violate any of the provisions eew of so finds, he shall issue to the owner this Code fail comply therewith, a Certificate of Compliance which or who shall l violate or fail to comply shall Bet forth substantially he with any order regulation made Y same thereunder, or who shall build in vio- information as the Certificate of Oc- lation of any detailed statement of cupancy above referred to. specifications or plans submitted and l The Building Inspector shall file a approved thereunder, or any certifi- duplicate copy of this certificate with the Village Recorder for the perman- ent records of the Village. No building or structure hereafter built, moved, or remodeled within the Villa w ,cfe of Brooklyn Center and for which a permit is required shall be occupied or used until such Certifi- cate of Occupancy, or Compliance is issued.